.357SIG Ranger T's phonebook test

This is a discussion on .357SIG Ranger T's phonebook test within the Defensive Ammunition & Ballistics forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Hey all, I should get my Winchester Ranger T's for my .357SIG next week and would like to do a poor mans ballistics test. I ...

.357SIG Ranger T's phonebook test

Hey all, I should get my Winchester Ranger T's for my .357SIG next week and would like to do a poor mans ballistics test. I plan on shooting the round into soaked phone books to see the expansion and penetration. How many phone books should I plan on stacking together to ensure stopping the bullet?

well i know there was a cop @ the range today and someone brought over some phone books taped together and he was shooting @ those with his .357sig. only had 2 taped together but they all went clean through

If you have the book standing on edge looking at the front cover, it will take many more books than if you lay them on thier backs and shoot at the edges of the paper.

Years ago when I had some college books laying around that weren't getting any use any more, I decided to use them as targets with my 30.06. Well I must have stacked 6 or so thick biology and accounting type books up and shot at them looking at the front cover. They didn't stop the bullet.

I proceeded to lay them on their backs and shoot at the edges. Well the bullet didn't make it through a book. It stopped about mid way into the book. The pages were destroyed much more.

So if you don't want to have to go searching for lots and lots of phone books, just lay them on their backs and shoot at them towards the edges of the pages. You should be able to recover the bullets nicely.

It is kind of like shooting into the butt end of a log verses shooting at the side of a log. Shooting the butt end of a log, most pistol calibers won't hardly penetrate. When your going into the grain there is much more resistance.

Just remember that shot placement is much more important with what you carry than how big a bang you get with each trigger pull.www.ddchl.com
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